Polls show people have accepted Modi as their leader: Gadkari

New Delhi: Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday credited Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the party's impressive performance in the assembly polls, saying the results showed people have accepted him as their leader.

Gadkari, party's in-charge for Delhi assembly polls, congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party for doing well and admitted the Arvind Kejriwal-led party got more seats than expected by the BJP.

"The elections were a semi-final before the Lok Sabha polls. People want to remove the Congress and they have given clear message that they are not going to accept the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. They have accepted Narendra Modi as their leader," he said.

Gadkari said price rise and corruption were the main issues before the people in these elections and they have given a clear verdict.